Aurukun kids being Americanised: review

Children in the troubled north Queensland community of Aurukun learn more about American holidays such as Thanksgiving than they do about Australia and their own indigenous culture, a review has found.

The state government on Tuesday announced it would adopt all 27 recommendations from a review into the US-based direct instruction model taught at Aurukun's Cape York Aboriginal Academy after violent attacks and threats against teachers prompted them to evacuate the community.

Queensland's education department will now take the lead in the delivery of education services in Aurukun, while the current stand-alone direct instruction model will be taught alongside the national curriculum.

The review found the rigid direct instruction curriculum, which heavily focused on numeracy and literacy, didn't emphasise culture or students' first language, Wik.

It heard worksheets, developed in the United States, were adapted for use in Australia, but in general terms the curriculum was "completely Americanised".

"They learn about the 4th of July, Thanksgiving and the stories they listen to are about American states," one teacher told the review.